Note: apologies in advance for the foul language found in some of the compromised LinkedIn passwords linked to below.

Last week we learned that at least 6.5 million LinkedIn passwords were compromised and posted to a hacker site. Somesiteshave taken it upon themselves to brute force some of them and the results range from amusing to shocking to sad. Passwords are supposed to be private; we just don't expect the world to ever know what they are.